MLB is testing an automated ball-strike sytem ... The league is testing new robot umpires during spring training in the form of an automated ball-strike system. The ABS system has been tested ...

After experimenting with the Automatic Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system across the Minor Leagues, MLB has brought the ... Home-plate umpires are still tasked with calling balls and strikes ...

However, a seismic shift is on the horizon as MLB takes a bold step towards embracing technology by introducing robot umpires to the field. This move marks a significant departure from the age-old ...

Baseball umpires have been calling balls and strikes since soon after the game was invented in the mid-19th century. Nearly 160 years later, those umpires will finally get some help –– at least during ...

Major League Baseball is currently testing a robot umpire system, allowing players to challenge balls and strikes during games. Ukraine Defies Trump As Zelensky Unanimously Backed Suze Orman ...

Former Missouri Tigers star Max Scherzer is not happy with the MLB's new automatic ball-strike ... didn't see much of an issue with actual human umpires making calls like it has always been.

The data, according to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune, actually shows MLB umpires were not much worse or much better in 2024 than any other recent seasons. In fact, Arraez and the ...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them.

Major League Baseball players like to believe that they could call a game better than the umpire standing behind home plate. Now they’re finally getting a chance to prove it.